alias for RGBA byte array of color data, for the current platform (>= SDL 2.0.5)

SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB32

alias for ARGB byte array of color data, for the current platform (>= SDL 2.0.5)

SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRA32

alias for BGRA byte array of color data, for the current platform (>= SDL 2.0.5)

SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ABGR32

alias for ABGR byte array of color data, for the current platform (>= SDL 2.0.5)

SDL_PIXELFORMAT_YV12

planar mode: Y + V + U (3 planes)

SDL_PIXELFORMAT_IYUV

planar mode: Y + U + V (3 planes)

SDL_PIXELFORMAT_YUY2

packed mode: Y0+U0+Y1+V0 (1 plane)

SDL_PIXELFORMAT_UYVY

packed mode: U0+Y0+V0+Y1 (1 plane)

SDL_PIXELFORMAT_YVYU

packed mode: Y0+V0+Y1+U0 (1 plane)

SDL_PIXELFORMAT_NV12

planar mode: Y + U/V interleaved (2 planes) (>= SDL 2.0.4)

SDL_PIXELFORMAT_NV21

planar mode: Y + V/U interleaved (2 planes) (>= SDL 2.0.4)

Returned structure may come from a shared global cache (i.e. not newly allocated), and hence should not be modified, especially the palette. Weird errors such as Blit combination not supported may occur.